VIDEO DIRECTORS

Ras Kassa
Ras Kassa (born on November 1, 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica). Director, Producer, editor and writer, Ras Kassa a.k.a The Guru is an award winning Jamaican maverick who is well known for his unique Directorial of mainstream music tv and videos. Chairman of Guru Films, Ras Kassa is Creative Director, editor, writer, producer, cinematographer, musician and painter who has distinguished himself in the realms of television, commercials and home DVD.

His 2005 Directorial of Damian Marley's track "Welcome to Jamrock" proved to be an international success for both Marley and Ras Kassa garnering major airplay on mainstream stations across the globe and a number of music video nominations and awards. The video which Ras Kassa edited and coloured himself, sparked a storm of controversy and discussion. The video is currently studied in universities across North America and the Caribbean.

Ras Kassa is well known for his feral directorial style, and unabashedly sense of vibrant emotion. With no formal training he has master his craft at a prolific pace directing to date almost 100 music videos. Ras Kassa has been a pioneering force in the Jamaican television industry. His co-founding of the Jamaican cable station, Music +, along with his work as Creative Director and driector for both Jamaican and International networks (inc. BET J.) have raised the bar.

In 2007 Ras Kassa formed Guru Films - a production company and entire movement within the Jamaican filmmaking industry.

"Ras Kassa, probably one of the Jamaican film industry's more promising directors proves just that. He uses his creativity to raise the standards of locally produced videos, a task he has chosen to take on largely because of his love for reggae music."
-- http://www.whaddat.com/ye/kassa1.html

Here are just a few of the fun, colourful and culturely and visually rich videos directed by Kassa:

Alaine - Rise In Love

Sean Paul - Never Gonna Be The Same

Damien Marley - Welcome To Jamrock

Jack S Wynne


Geri Haliwell - It's Raining Men

Nojahoda

The making of Nojahoda Video

Super Fury Animals - Golden Retriver
EDIT:
Spit At Stars - Jack Penate
This one wasn't actually directed by Jake, but instead edited, but I though I would include it as it links to the MySpace post!